Engine Installation

This is a Ford 289cid V8 from a 1966 Mustang. Balanced by Doug's Balancing in Denver.

This is actually the second Ford 289 that Scott built for his MGB V8. The first engine died
on initial start-up due to a misplumbed remote oil filter. Scott found a second 289 V8
on CraigsList, and paid just $200 for it. He used the cylinder heads from his first build.

Why 289? Scott says: "I like it way better than a 302!" The 260 and 289 V8s rev more freely
due to their shorter stroke: 2.87" versus 3.00" for the 302 (and 3.50" for 351 Windsor). The 289
has the same 4.00" cylinder bore diameter as the 302 and 351. (260cid V8 has a 3.80" bore.)

Stoplight switch has been relocated to the cool and dry side of the firewall.

Scott prefers cast iron exhaust manifolds to tubular headers because they're trouble-free and quiet.
On the driver's side he milled 1/8" off the flange surface for clearance to steering components.

Borgeson steering universal joint.

Electric radiator fan mounted on fabricated aluminum fan shroud.

This radiator is shifter about eight inches forward from the stock location.

Lucas horn.

Professional Products fuel filter.

185°F thermostatic switch for the radiator fan.

Edelbrock carburetor and Mr Gasket fuel pressure gauge.

MSD Blaster 2 ignition coil (part# 8202).

MSD Digital 6A ignition controller (part# 6201).

Finding a suitable passenger-side manifold proved difficult, so Scott made one by sectioning and
welding together two manifolds. He cut the outlet off the forward half of one and welded it onto the
rear half of the other. Cast iron welding is done with a stick welder and nickel rod, after the parts
are first preheated with an oxy-acetylene torch. The weldment must be allowed to cool slowly too.

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Interior

1970 MGB restored with all-new upholstery and carpet.

The original Abingdon-pillow style dashboard (circa 1968-72) had been stripped of its
foam covering, and the underlying steel structure has been modified and refinished.

Scott relocated holes for the gauges, added a glove box, and created a fabric-covered eyebrow.

Custom center console.

Autometer Elite Series 2 instruments.

The inspection mirror was "temporary"... but Scott likes it and he now plans to keep it.